Is Cutt. on a leash?

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Fine Vol

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How much of a leash is Cutt. on? Do all plays have to go through CPF for final approval or is it up to Cutt? Our playbook has not changed from Sanders much if any. If he is on a leash I say Cut it and let him coach.
 
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Cut is only hampered by his play-calling ability. He was hired because it was one of the only coaches CPF would have full confidence in.

I would still think HC at any program would have the veto power though.
 
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No he isn't. He is a product of the system. Which it seems like was installed when they were still wearing leather helmets. I'am not going to say a spread option offense is the key to the college game just yet. I just get flustrated with the lack of adjustments. We seem to let teams dictate to us instead of the other way around. David cutcliffe can call whatever play he wants. He just has to dust off the cover to his 1940's playbook first. If you catch my drift.
 
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I just find it hard to believe we do not have any playmakers this year. Last year we had Meachem, and we did a decent job of getting him the ball and allowing him to make plays.
You don;t have to run a spread offense or anything like that to get the ball to a playmaker.
 
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Reverend Bubba Flavel said:
I just find it hard to believe we do not have any playmakers this year. Last year we had Meachem, and we did a decent job of getting him the ball and allowing him to make plays.
You don;t have to run a spread offense or anything like that to get the ball to a playmaker.
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We have them reverend they are just setting on the bench wasting away. Execution must be a big problem with them. Whatever happened to this menu system we heard about. I know more lip service.
 
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Yes and the leash is ill prepared players. The staff is in charge and their fate lies in their own hands.
 
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i think the relationship between Cut and CPF is their greatest liability, neither wants to get so intense and free as to move into the other's territory of leadership.
Man, I would like to hear the conversations during the games between those two and listen to the love-fest. i would be sickening probably.
 
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THAT spread offense WILL NOT WORK IN THE SEC hide and watch when they play a team with a killer insinct LSU and you will see it will NOT WORK. Watch when they play the Visor he will have the answer for them as well,he did start this thing you know and he KNOWS how to stop it, unlike some coaches I know.
 
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mikes70gto said:
THAT spread offense WILL NOT WORK IN THE SEC hide and watch when they play a team with a killer insinct LSU and you will see it will NOT WORK. Watch when they play the Visor he will have the answer for them as well,he did start this thing you know and he KNOWS how to stop it, unlike some coaches I know.
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how do you stop it? Florida has the speed, talent, and options to make it work and make it work well. Tebow also showed that he has enough arm to make you respect. The SEC is in big trouble.
 
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A team with a killer instinct on the DEFENSIVE side of the ball.Besides it was stopped when he was at UTAH and I think we are better players here in the SEC.
 
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mikes70gto said:
THAT spread offense WILL NOT WORK IN THE SEC hide and watch when they play a team with a killer insinct LSU and you will see it will NOT WORK. Watch when they play the Visor he will have the answer for them as well,he did start this thing you know and he KNOWS how to stop it, unlike some coaches I know.
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the visor? ok..?:question: he's become the defensive guru lately.
 
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The plays we're running this year aren't too much different than the ones we were running last year. The only difference is they actually took some shots down field last year, but not at a staggering rate by any means.

Cutcliffe isn't on a leash. He's the play-caller and he's admitted to being the problem on a few occasions. Everyone says Fulmer is to blame and blah blah blah, but we all know Cutcliffe wouldn't be there if he had to have Fulmer's approval on which plays to call. In certain situations I'm sure Fulmer gives his two cents, but he has that confidence in Cut, despite his flaws.
 
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Cartervol said:
No he isn't. He is a product of the system. Which it seems like was installed when they were still wearing leather helmets. I'am not going to say a spread option offense is the key to the college game just yet. I just get flustrated with the lack of adjustments. We seem to let teams dictate to us instead of the other way around. David cutcliffe can call whatever play he wants. He just has to dust off the cover to his 1940's playbook first. If you catch my drift.
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I wouldnt say a spread option "Offense" is the key to the college game either. However a Defense that can stop one is. If you have a defensive scheme that can stop a spread offense you can pretty much run what you want.
 
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Cartervol said:
No he isn't. He is a product of the system. Which it seems like was installed when they were still wearing leather helmets. I'am not going to say a spread option offense is the key to the college game just yet. I just get flustrated with the lack of adjustments. We seem to let teams dictate to us instead of the other way around. David cutcliffe can call whatever play he wants. He just has to dust off the cover to his 1940's playbook first. If you catch my drift.
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I think our whole O & D SYSTEM needs a big change the coaches we have are good enough to make it, and the why of is. Other teams know us insideout we are predictible and that has been our worst problem.
 
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General_Neyland said:
I wouldnt say a spread option "Offense" is the key to the college game either. However a Defense that can stop one is. If you have a defensive scheme that can stop a spread offense you can pretty much run what you want.
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Disruption at the line of scrimmage, in short get into the backfield. If you don't it leaves to many options to defend. Nearly impossible to stop once they get into your lines. Need big space eaters inside and quick speedy guys outside. We don't have the right mix to stop it. Plus they don't tackle anyone either.
 
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sjt18 said:
The name Dorsey comes to mind.
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Yeah LSU has the big space eaters inside and speedy outside guys. Not to mention their linebackers are very good too. We will see what teebow is made out of in that one for sure.
 
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mikes70gto said:
A team with a killer instinct on the DEFENSIVE side of the ball.Besides it was stopped when he was at UTAH and I think we are better players here in the SEC.
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Please explain how "it was stopped when he was at UTAH" when Meyer went undefeated and won a BCS bowl his last year there.

Thanks.
 
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Of course our playbook didn't change, Fine Vol. Sanders was an assistant under Cutcliffe. And Cutcliffe was an assistant under Fulmer, and so forth allll the way back to Al Saunders. We've had the playbook since the 70s.
 
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Fine Vol said:
How much of a leash is Cutt. on? Do all plays have to go through CPF for final approval or is it up to Cutt? Our playbook has not changed from Sanders much if any. If he is on a leash I say Cut it and let him coach.
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IMO, the offense has changed since Cut has taken over. The biggest change was to a one back set all the time. With the that change is why the the run game struggles b/c without a lead blocker we can't run the ball. If you have great o-linemen then it can work. Example, 1991 season Fulmer as O-coordinator ran the single back set with the big o-line and two great backs(Hayden and Stewart). They had the o-line to make it work.
I think the offense resembles the offense that Weis runs at ND....a west coast type of offense. What do ya'll think?
 
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mikes70gto said:
THAT spread offense WILL NOT WORK IN THE SEC hide and watch when they play a team with a killer insinct LSU and you will see it will NOT WORK. Watch when they play the Visor he will have the answer for them as well,he did start this thing you know and he KNOWS how to stop it, unlike some coaches I know.
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Didn't people say the same thing about the forward pass when it showed up in college football?
 
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mikes70gto said:
A team with a killer instinct on the DEFENSIVE side of the ball.Besides it was stopped when he was at UTAH and I think we are better players here in the SEC.
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Here...you have a good point.

The SEC might have better players than Utah, but you'd have a hard time convincing me that UT had better players than Utah, at least right now.

If we have them, they're very well hidden.
 
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